Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire
Shepshed, LE12 9AE · Leicestershire local authority
Shepshed’s School Grade A− better than 81% of towns in England
What stands out about Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire
- Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 42% of England’s primary schools
- Ofsted: Inspected, April 2025 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (12 of 12)
- Homes in its postcode sector (LE12 9) sold for a median £240,000; Shepshed’s is £234,250
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 60%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 42% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Leicestershire avg 62%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 102 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Leicestershire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Shepshed and Leicestershire, side by side
2023–2025All 216 graded primaries in Leicestershire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Shepshed’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swithland St Leonard's Church of England Primary School | A+ | 3% | 96% |
| The Pastures Primary School | A+ | 4% | 94% |
| Brocks Hill Primary School | A+ | 10% | 93% |
| Bringhurst Primary School | A+ | 7% | 90% |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | A+ | 11% | 87% |
| Launde Primary School | A+ | 17% | 85% |
| Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School | A+ | 11% | 85% |
| Booth Wood Academy | A+ | 14% | 85% |
| Cossington Church of England Primary School | A | 10% | 82% |
| Tugby Church of England Primary School | A | 12% | 82% |
| Newcroft Primary Academy | A | 12% | 82% |
| Rothley Church of England Primary School | A | 10% | 81% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Wymondham | A | 15% | 81% |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Golding | A | 8% | 81% |
| Church Langton Church of England Primary School | A | 5% | 81% |
| Brookside Primary School | A | 14% | 81% |
| Millfield L.E.A.D. Academy | A | 23% | 80% |
| Elizabeth Woodville Primary School | A | 6% | 79% |
| Orchard Community Primary School | A | 10% | 79% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy | A | 18% | 78% |
| Holywell Primary School | A | 4% | 78% |
| Kirby Muxloe Primary School | A | 9% | 78% |
| Ashby Willesley Primary School | A | 6% | 78% |
| Rendell Primary School | A | 23% | 77% |
| Asfordby Hill Primary School | A | 13% | 77% |
| Langmoor Primary School Oadby | A | 21% | 77% |
| Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | A | 9% | 77% |
| Woodhouse Eaves St Paul's Church of England Primary School | A | 3% | 77% |
| Cosby Primary School | A | 13% | 76% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth | A | 12% | 76% |
| Kibworth Church of England Primary School | A− | 11% | 75% |
| Glenmere Community Primary School | A− | 8% | 75% |
| Long Whatton Church of England Primary School and Community Centre | A− | 9% | 74% |
| Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire | A− | 8% | 74% |
| Greystoke Primary School | A− | 15% | 74% |
| Fossebrook Primary School | A− | 21% | 74% |
| Seagrave Village Primary School | A− | 21% | 74% |
| Sharnford Church of England Primary School | A− | 14% | 74% |
| Burbage Junior School | A− | 12% | 73% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville | A− | 35% | 73% |
| Long Clawson Church of England Primary School | A− | 28% | 73% |
| Gaddesby Primary School | A− | 7% | 73% |
| Sileby Redlands Community Primary School | A− | 19% | 73% |
| Hinckley Parks Primary School | A− | 16% | 73% |
| Woodland Grange Primary School | A− | 6% | 73% |
| Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School | A− | 6% | 72% |
| Worthington School | A− | 25% | 72% |
| Hathern Church of England Primary School | A− | 23% | 72% |
| Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 12% | 72% |
| The Pochin School | A− | 5% | 72% |
| St Michael & All Angels Church of England Primary School | A− | 4% | 72% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School (Market Bosworth) | A− | 14% | 72% |
| Great Dalby School | A− | 7% | 71% |
| Market Harborough Church of England Academy | A− | 15% | 71% |
| Old Mill Primary School | A− | 11% | 71% |
| Foxton Primary School | A− | 18% | 71% |
| Stathern Primary School | B+ | 5% | 70% |
| Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whetstone | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Glen Hills Primary School | B+ | 20% | 69% |
| The Meadow Community Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Meadowdale Primary School | B+ | 7% | 69% |
| Broomfield Community Primary School | B+ | 10% | 69% |
| Red Hill Field Primary School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Claybrooke Primary School | B+ | 41% | 69% |
| The Latimer Primary School | B+ | 26% | 68% |
| Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Mercenfeld Primary School | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School | B+ | 13% | 68% |
| South Kilworth Church of England Primary School | B+ | 16% | 68% |
| Manorfield Church of England Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| St Edward's Church of England Primary School | B | 18% | 67% |
| Wymeswold Church of England Primary School | B | 12% | 67% |
| Thurlaston Church of England Primary School | B | 4% | 67% |
| Stafford Leys Community Primary School | B | 11% | 67% |
| Frisby Church of England Primary School | B | 15% | 67% |
| Thornton Primary School | B | 32% | 67% |
| Redmile Church of England Primary School | B | 15% | 67% |
| Griffydam Primary School | B | 8% | 66% |
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School | B | 7% | 66% |
| Enderby Danemill Primary School | B | 24% | 66% |
| Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School | B | 16% | 66% |
| The Hall School | B | 8% | 66% |
| Hose Church of England Primary School | B | 16% | 65% |
| Sheepy Magna Church of England Primary School | B | 11% | 65% |
| Greenfield Primary School | B | 15% | 65% |
| The Merton Primary School | B | 11% | 65% |
| Barlestone Church of England Primary School | B | 16% | 65% |
| St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy | B | 22% | 65% |
| Snarestone Church of England School | B | 15% | 65% |
| Ellistown Community Primary School | B− | 16% | 64% |
| Woodstone Community Primary School | B− | 16% | 64% |
| Little Bowden School | B− | 14% | 64% |
| Witherley Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 64% |
| Ashby Hill Top Primary School | B− | 10% | 64% |
| Lift Beacon | B− | 43% | 64% |
| Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre | B− | 7% | 64% |
| Sherrier Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 64% |
| Water Leys Primary School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| Billesdon Church of England Primary School | B− | 9% | 63% |
| Lady Jane Grey Primary School | B− | 6% | 63% |
| Oakthorpe Primary School | B− | 30% | 63% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell | B− | 6% | 63% |
| Scalford Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School | B− | 4% | 62% |
| Church Hill Church of England Junior School | B− | 20% | 62% |
| Ratby Primary School | B− | 23% | 62% |
| Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School | B− | 6% | 62% |
| Saint Peters Catholic Voluntary Academy | B− | 16% | 62% |
| Martinshaw Primary School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Kegworth Primary School | B− | 13% | 61% |
| Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Harby Church of England Primary School | B− | 34% | 61% |
| St Botolph's Church of England Primary School | B− | 22% | 61% |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough | B− | 17% | 61% |
| Broom Leys School | B− | 20% | 61% |
| Stanton Under Bardon Community Primary School | B− | 30% | 61% |
| Townlands Church of England Primary School | B− | 17% | 61% |
| Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School | B− | 10% | 61% |
| Newtown Linford Primary School | B− | 4% | 61% |
| Swinford Church of England Primary School | B− | 4% | 61% |
| Swannington Church of England Primary School | B− | 20% | 61% |
| Saint Francis Catholic Primary School | B− | 20% | 61% |
| New Lubbesthorpe Primary School | B− | 14% | 61% |
| Ibstock Junior School | C+ | 21% | 60% |
| Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| Fairfield Community Primary School | C+ | 13% | 60% |
| Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire | C+ | 23% | 60% |
| Barwell Church of England Junior School | C+ | 26% | 60% |
| Richmond Primary School | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Sherard Primary School | C+ | 16% | 60% |
| Hugglescote Community Primary School | C+ | 14% | 60% |
| Congerstone Primary School | C+ | 3% | 59% |
| Stonebow Primary School Loughborough | C+ | 19% | 59% |
| Captains Close Primary School | C+ | 32% | 59% |
| Loughborough Church of England Primary School | C+ | 20% | 59% |
| Donisthorpe Primary School | C+ | 14% | 59% |
| Whitwick St John The Baptist Church of England Primary School | C+ | 13% | 58% |
| Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| Farndon Fields Primary School | C+ | 15% | 58% |
| Bottesford Church of England Primary School | C+ | 21% | 58% |
| Glenfield Primary School | C+ | 18% | 58% |
| Riverside Community Primary School Birstall | C+ | 13% | 58% |
| Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School | C+ | 27% | 58% |
| Little Hill Primary | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School | C+ | 8% | 58% |
| Badgerbrook Primary School | C+ | 10% | 58% |
| Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton Astley | C | 13% | 57% |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | C | 12% | 57% |
| Eastfield Primary School | C | 20% | 57% |
| Richard Hill Church of England Primary School | C | 18% | 57% |
| Desford Community Primary School | C | 13% | 57% |
| Moira Primary School | C | 32% | 56% |
| New Swannington Primary School | C | 12% | 56% |
| Westfield Junior School | C | 28% | 56% |
| Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary School | C | 17% | 56% |
| Parkland Primary School South Wigston | C | 35% | 56% |
| Croxton Kerrial Church of England Primary School | C | 35% | 56% |
| Woolden Hill Primary School | C | 12% | 56% |
| Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary School | C | 8% | 56% |
| Newton Burgoland Primary School | C | 11% | 55% |
| Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy | C | 15% | 55% |
| Heather Primary School | C | 11% | 54% |
| Outwoods Edge Primary School | C | 11% | 54% |
| Brownlow Primary School | C | 16% | 54% |
| Waltham on the Wolds Church of England Primary School | C | 16% | 54% |
| Ravenhurst Primary School | C | 19% | 54% |
| Oxley Primary School Shepshed | C− | 22% | 53% |
| Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire | C− | 18% | 53% |
| Mountfields Lodge School | C− | 12% | 53% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | C− | 19% | 53% |
| Somerby Primary School | C− | 26% | 53% |
| Croft Church of England Primary School | C− | 17% | 53% |
| Packington Church of England Primary School | C− | 4% | 52% |
| Queniborough Church of England Primary School | C− | 8% | 52% |
| Albert Village Primary School | C− | 12% | 52% |
| Dove Bank Primary School | C− | 26% | 52% |
| Fleckney Church of England Primary School | C− | 14% | 51% |
| Fernvale Primary School | C− | 14% | 51% |
| Hemington Primary School | C− | 26% | 50% |
| Thorpe Acre Junior School | C− | 36% | 50% |
| St Hardulph's Church of England Primary School | C− | 3% | 50% |
| Hallaton Church of England Primary School | C− | 13% | 50% |
| Hallbrook Primary School | C− | 16% | 50% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Sapcote | C− | 21% | 50% |
| Belton Church of England Primary School | C− | 11% | 48% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley | C− | 27% | 48% |
| Old Dalby Church of England Primary School | C− | 17% | 48% |
| Viscount Beaumont's Church of England Primary School | C− | 5% | 48% |
| Battling Brook Primary School | D | 15% | 47% |
| Newbold Verdon Primary School | D | 25% | 46% |
| The Grove Primary School | D | 59% | 46% |
| Dunton Bassett Primary School | D | 7% | 46% |
| Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | D | 15% | 46% |
| Thringstone Primary School | D | 30% | 45% |
| Kingsway Primary School | D | 25% | 45% |
| Huncote Primary School | D | 13% | 44% |
| Measham Church of England Primary School | D | 26% | 44% |
| Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre | D | 30% | 44% |
| Robert Bakewell Primary School | D | 35% | 44% |
| St Simon and St Jude CofE Primary School | D | 38% | 43% |
| Cobden Primary School & Community Centre | D | 41% | 43% |
| Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary School | D | 18% | 43% |
| Thythorn Field Community Primary School | D | 19% | 41% |
| Belvoirdale Community Primary School | D | 38% | 40% |
| Newbold Church of England Primary School | D | 10% | 40% |
| Warren Hills Community Primary School | D | 60% | 39% |
| John Wycliffe Primary School | D | 18% | 39% |
| Diseworth Church of England Primary School | D− | 29% | 37% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | D− | 35% | 36% |
| Arnesby Church of England Primary School | D− | 5% | 33% |
| Woodcote Primary School | D− | 37% | 31% |
| Newlands Community Primary School | D− | 37% | 31% |
| Thrussington Church of England Primary School | D− | 10% | 30% |
| Ab Kettleby Primary School | D− | 8% | 28% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025154 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, April 2025.
Living near Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in LE12 9, the school’s postcode sector
Shepshed property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in LE12 9 sell for about the same as Shepshed’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
4 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Shepshed, LE12 9AE
Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire: common questions
Is Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 42% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C+), with 60% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, April 2025.
How hard is it to get into Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire?
For September 2026, 12 families put Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire first and all of them were offered a place; 12 places were offered in all.
What is Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (April 2025).
How much do houses cost near Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire?
Homes in its postcode sector, LE12 9, sold for a median £240,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (784 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Shepshed’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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